v. t. To entertain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To second, or oppose, or undertake
The perilous attempt. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And he was not right fat, I undertake. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And those two counties I will undertake
Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Keep well those that ye undertake. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is the cowish terror of his spirit
That dare not undertake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
But on mine honor dare I undertake
For good lord Titus' innocence in all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To second, or oppose, or undertake
The perilous attempt. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And he was not right fat, I undertake. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And those two counties I will undertake
Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Keep well those that ye undertake. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is the cowish terror of his spirit
That dare not undertake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
But on mine honor dare I undertake
For good lord Titus' innocence in all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. South. [ 1913 Webster ]